Watson, May Mathis Green, Collection 1887-1959

Watson family.

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Taft Ranch.

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Watson, May Mathis Green, b. 1883

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Born in Rockport, Texas, artist and writer May Mathis Green Watson (b. 1883) was the daughter of pioneer rancher Thomas Henry Mathis, who founded the town of Mathis in San Patricio County after settling in South Texas in 1859. In partnership with George Ware Fulton, Youngs Coleman, and Thomas M. Colman, Mathis founded the Coleman, Mathis, Fulton Cattle Company in Rockport in 1871. After the company dissolved eight years later, Mathis received in a settlement the Henry Bend Ranch and...

Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs

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The largest voluntary association of women in the state, the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs (TFWC) was founded in 1897 to combine the efforts of existing women’s literary clubs around the state. Since then, the scope of the TFWC’s work has expanded to include the promotion of improvements in education, natural resource conservation, domestic issues, public affairs, international affairs, the arts, and Texas heritage. The organization’s first few decades were a time of great activ...

Mathis family.

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Green, Joseph French, d. 1926

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Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company.

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Established by five South Texas pioneers, the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company was one of the largest cattle companies formed in Texas. With Colonel George Ware Fulton as the leader of the enterprise, Youngs Coleman, Thomas M. Coleman, Thomas Henry Mathis, and J. M. Mathis formed the Coleman, Mathis, Fulton Cattle Company in Rockport in 1871. Although it began as a cattle-raising endeavor, the company eventually developed secondary businesses, such as a blacksmith shop, a lumber compa...

Watson, Harry H.

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